The Danube Delta is the second largest river delta in Europe, following the Volga Delta, and is the most well-preserved delta on the continent. It is formed where the Danube River flows into the Black Sea. Most of the Danube Delta is located in Romania, specifically in Tulcea County, with a small portion in Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast.
Built in the murus dacicus style, the six Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains (Romanian: Cetăți dacice din Munții Orăștiei) in Romania were created during the 1st centuries BC and AD to protect against Roman conquest. They played an important role during the Roman–Dacian wars. The fortresses’ large and well-preserved remains show the strength and creativity of an ancient civilization.
The Curonian Spit, also known as Courish Split (Lithuanian: Kuršių nerija; Russian: Ку́ршская коса́ / Kurshskaya kosa; German: Kurische Nehrung), is a 98-kilometre (61-mile) long, narrow, curved strip of land made of sand. It separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. This area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site shared between Lithuania and Russia.
Meymand is a village and the capital of Meymand Rural District. This district is part of the Central District of Shahr-e Babak County in Kerman province, Iran.
Crespi d’Adda is a village in northern Italy and a small village (frazione) of Capriate San Gervasio, which is part of the municipality in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy. It is a historic place and an important example of 19th and early 20th-century “company towns” built in Europe and North America by forward-thinking business owners to meet the needs of workers. The site remains in good condition and is still partly used for industrial purposes, though changes in the economy and society now put it in danger of disappearing.
Krak des Chevaliers (French: [kʁak de ʃ(ə)valje]; Arabic: قلعة الحصن, romanized: Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn, Arabic: [ˈqalʕat alˈħisˤn]; Old French: Crac des Chevaliers or Crac de l’Ospital, meaning “fortress of the hospital”; from Classical Syriac: ܟܪܟܐ, romanized: karəḵā, meaning “walled city”) is a medieval castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by Kurdish troops stationed there by the Mirdasids. In 1142, Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, gave the castle to the Knights Hospitaller.
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes certain mining areas in Cornwall and West Devon, located in the southwest of England. The site was added to the World Heritage List during the 30th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, July 2006. After plans in 2011 to restart mining at South Crofty and to build a supermarket at Hayle Harbour, the World Heritage Committee made a decision in 2014 to add the site to the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Complex of Huế Monuments (Vietnamese: Quần thể di tích Cố đô Huế) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the city of Huế, central Vietnam. It was created in 1802 as the capital of newly unified Vietnam during the reign of Emperor Gia Long. Huế was an important center for politics, culture, and religion in the empire.
Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm], officially Hohe Domkirche zu Köln, English: High Cathedral Church at Cologne) is a Catholic cathedral located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It serves as the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. The cathedral is a well-known symbol of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture.
The Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (Georgian: კოლხეთის ტროპიკული ტყეები და ჭაობები, Romanized: k’olkhetis t’rop’ik’uli t’q’eebi da ch’aobebi) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Georgia. It includes parts of the Colchis Lowland along about 80 kilometers (50 miles) of western Georgia’s Black Sea coastline. UNESCO added the site to its list on July 26, 2021, making it the first location in Georgia to be recognized for its natural features.